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If the threshers catch him they handle him roughly, beating him, blackening or dirtying his face, throwing him into filth, binding the Sow on his back, and so on; if the bearer of the Sow is a woman they cut off her hair.
Chapter 48. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal. § 9. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow) 1922
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If the threshers catch him they handle him roughly, beating him, blackening or dirtying his face, throwing him into filth, binding the Sow on his back, and so on; if the bearer of the Sow is a woman they cut off her hair.
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At Friedingen, in Swabia, the thresher who gives the last stroke is called SowBarley-sow, Corn-sow, or the like, according to the crop.
Chapter 48. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal. § 9. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow) 1922
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At Friedingen, in Swabia, the thresher who gives the last stroke is called Sow-Barley-sow, Corn-sow, or the like, according to the crop.
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If the threshers catch him they handle him roughly, beating him, blackening or dirtying his face, throwing him into filth, binding the Sow on his back, and so on; if the bearer of the Sow is a woman they cut off her hair.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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Sahoojee, Sivajee's grandson, dissensions in his kingdom; called the Sow Rajah by the English; treats with Boone in Angria's behalf; sends a force to Alibagh to assist Angria.
The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago 1880
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At Friedingen, in Swabia, the thresher who gives the last stroke is called Sow — Barley-sow, Corn-sow, or the like, according to the crop.
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If the threshers catch him they handle him roughly, beating him, blackening or dirtying his face, throwing him into filth, binding the Sow on his back, and so on; if the bearer of the Sow is a woman they cut off her hair.
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However, some say that Phaea was a female robber, a woman of murderous and unbridled spirit, who dwelt in Crommyon, was called Sow because of her life and manners, and was afterwards slain by Theseus.
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However, some say that Phaea was a female robber, a woman of murderous and unbridled spirit, who dwelt in Crommyon, was called Sow because of her life and manners, and was afterwards slain by Theseus.
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